davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Portland, Me-, 44|,|O5.

1871 was afflicted with lame back, Rhcu-
mati.m ana Kidney r0uble Con.
suited The very best physicians in San Fran
cisco, and visited all the mineral springs
there. Took a health trip to the New En-.
gland States, but for seven years suffered
constantly from his malady, which had re.
suited IN HrlghI's disease. After using a
couple dozen bottles OF Warmers SAFE Cure
and Two OF SAFE PRls, he wrote: My back
and Kidneys are without pain, and, thank
Col, / owe 1t all TO Warmers SAFE Remedies. "
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Bal. S. ". States, :

EX-SENATOR b. X. BRUCE ~
after doctoring for years ii
posed was Malarin, d%i.ccv.rt
ficted with Sugar Diabc'es',
tanned no relief whatever lto~
ne began the use Of Marns ..,
Cure, and he says: MY !'N'
ished at my improvement
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

-ENAToR CAMDES. naming until ls5s.
when he entered into the development Of
petroleum and mining interests at Parker,-
burg W va He has twice been the
Democratic nominee for Governor OF his
state. In 1851 ne succeeded Senator Here.
ford DEM in the United States Senate,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. h-Thc Senate
and House met in Joint convention Wednes'
day and canva,sei the vote cast for United
States Senator for the short term. Wash
jugton c. hitthOrn3 was declared elected.
ALBANY. y Y, Jan. @-Tho Republican
caucus ballotcd twelve times Wednesday
evening for a candidate for Senator. The
name of Levi z. Morton beng then with
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Detroit, 81
Milwaukee,

MISS z. l. DOARDMAN lQuecl
May, iSs9, began 10 bloat, l
stomach trouble, terrible /
and finally the doctors oplnlou
Rri%ht's disease, and incurs
ually she became nearly blind,
by the doctors TO be the lai
Bright's disease, After having
treatment by Warmers SAFE
year, she reported, ~ am
any one"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

Oct 30, lsl6 He
graduated at Yale
College and followed
for some time the
prOfc : Il of teach
ing and journalism.
His first appearance
in public life was as
a member Of the
Massachusetts legs
laturcs Of lS4S, ia
and l>j2 He servct
his State in the
Tbfr., tifth Thirty,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Chicago, 2,S'

MIR. r. BROWN c2Al Woodwan1J
Mich injured his back trSm /
confined 70 his bed s.1 w.es. i
Iured his kidneys. produelpo \
ing. Warmers SAFE Cure ~
kidneys TO their natural conS|
writes u am Row eighty wear: v
and active"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

drawn, FranAHiscock
had AZ votes and War
Miller46 The u
teenth ballot gave
Hiscock q majority,
and his nomination
was made unanimous.
Frank Hiscock, OF
Syracuse, was born
at Pompey, septem-
| Der &, lsai; received
| an &C ademic educa-
ton; studied law, was
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

BOTTLHs ON
Warmers SAFE c,
Sold, to Dec. 81, 1886.
No Other Remedy in the WorIa
Produce Such a Record

This wonderful success Of warmers SAFE Curen is dna ,h.,
OF the Remedy For a long time it has been REGARDED nv mNq
MEDICAL AUTHORITIES AS THE ONLY SPECIFIC IN
LIVER AND URINARY DISEASES AND FEMALE Gown, IN
Thousands Of people owe their life and health to Warmers su,n
can produce 100, 700 TESTIMONIALS to that erect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Kansas City, -

MRS. PROF1 Z. J. WOLF .Gel
Wife Of the Ed. Of the Luther!
began to decline with PuimSn,,
ton. over 70 per cent. 0'all
sumption are caused by d,ss.
lDespaired OF Living, A "
course of trentmcnt WIN w
Cure, she writes, ~ am perlc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

! o3y,rI, .1s ,.4cx re -My.fo,d
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

EX-GOv. T. G, ALVORD Syracuse, n. ",
IN 1884 began running down with Gen.
eral Debility, accompanied with q sense o.
weight in the lower part Of the body, with i
feyerish sensa' ion and o general giving out OF
the whole organism. Wa, IN serious con.
dition, confined TO his bed much OF the time,
After q thorough treatment with Warner 5
SAFE Cure he says: ~ am completely re-
stored 10 health by its means
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
The Cotton Movement.

Tho New York Financial Chronicle, in
its weekly cotton review, says that for
the week ending Friday evening, the 10th
instant, the total receipts have reached
4,032 bales, against 1853 bales last week,
J,7G5 bales the previous week, and TO-
GIG bales three weeks since; making the
total receipts since the 1st of September,
1886, 8, l79,919 bales, against 5,207, $40
bales for the same period of 1856,
showing a decrease since September /,
1886, Of 29, 9,030 bales.
The exports for tho week ending the
same time reach total of 5,58S bales,
of which 2, $50 woro to Great Britain, -
to France, and 2,729 to the rest of the
continent.
The total sales for forward delivery for
the week are 700, 800 bales. For imme-
diate delivery the total sales foot up
8,6l2 bales, including 7,0l7 for export,
1885 for consumption.
Tho imports into continental ports
for the same period have been "a 900
bales.
There was decrease in the cotton
in sight, Friday night, of 46,311 bales
as compared with the same date of
1886, decrease of q, ,O25 bales as COM
pared with the corresponding date of
| 1880, and q decrease of 273, ,389 bales as
compared with 1884.
Old interior stocks have decreased
during the week 1,587 bales, and were
Friday night 10, All bales less than at the
same period last year. The receipts at
the same towns have been 1887 bales
less than for the same week last year,
and since September the receipts at all
the towns are .O3, 104 bales less than for
the samo time in 1866.
Tho total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1886, were 5, 1873, ,518
bales, in 1885 6 were 5,311 ,00G bales, and
in 1876 were4, 740, 493 bales. Although
the receipts at the outports the past
week were 4,032 bales, the actual move
ment from plantations was only 1853
bales, the balance being taken from the
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for the
sumo week wero 1889 bales, and for
1880 they were 4S9 bales.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
Fair. to yield the following results:

*Thc oil is of beautiful pale yellow
COLOR; its smell may be perceived on
heating oatmeal cakes. Seven per cent.
may be taken as the avcragc-about as
much oil as is found in corn.
American samples seem tenacious and
hard, and therefore it is necessary that
oatmeal grits or groats should be ground
into meal and not into grits. In like
manner oats for horses should be bruised
in order to get them thoroughly digest
ed; it is the common practice in Eng
land, and found to be far more econom-
ical i'll feeding horses on oats. It is
noteworthy that tho Hopetown variety
grown in Northumberland, was remark
able for its weight, which was grown on
a sandy soil, suffered from drought and
yielded only three quarters per aero.
The other samples, grown on deep, rich
vegetable loan mould, produced eight
quarters per aero, and less ash. AS tho
oat grain constitutes three -fourths of the
weight, it will carry off 45 pounds of
phosphoric acid per acre, and 60 bushels
per acre carry of 300 pounds of bones
per acre.
In conclusion, Professor Norton sums
up his l8 months arduous labor thus:
owe see that even including the 'husk, ,
'iN D''o 10 ouPSAiOi w uIJ OIncI COIu Ill
the ingredients which go directly to the
production of muscle in the body. The
strong muscular forms of the Scottish
ploughmen have long been living wit
nesses to the good properties of their
tavorite and almost only food; and, now
that it has been shown what those prop
critics really were, / feel sure that DR..
Johnsons definition Of oats Food for
man in Scotland, and for horses in
England, will be remembered only for
its good and appropriate answer: And
where will you find such men and such
horses?
We may add, and where in America
will you find any man like Professor
Norton at his own expense and time de-
vote Is months' labor in investigating
with others such important practical re-
search into industries of world wide i'm
portanco and interest?
The Importance of the subject in the
growth of the oat, and comparative
analysis of the straw at different stages,
III like manner as Professor Norton CON
Quoted his investigation, deserves moro
notice and Investigation of samples III
every State Of America by the Washing
ton board Of agriculture, which the
chemists there seem to have left undonc,
and their Investigations consequently in
complete. Surely this will bc soon in
vestigated and published.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
TIE WIDOW OF PICIiETT.
Hcroisn of II Soldiers Bridc--A Pcrfc
and fearless Ridcrand II Brave Yoma

Her"ism of ii Soldiers Brido--A Perfect
and fearless Rider and II Brave Woman.
From the Baltimore Ancrican.)
The recent recovery in Washington
from severe illness of the widow
Pickett recalls one of the most interest
the war. Its chief interest is her devo-
ton to her husband in all tho hours of
his hardship and danger. Privation,
sickness or suffering of any kind only
served to bring out moro beautifully her
heroic and womanly nature. During
the closing year of the war she followed
him to the battle fields, lived under can
vas, and went through camp life like
a soldier, being repeatedly under fire
and making narrow escapes, yet still re-
naming faithfully by his side. When
she married him she was but fifteen
years of age, beautiful in face and form,
gifted i'll intellect and gentle in her ma
ture.
She was, too, a perfect and fearless
rider. When the war was over an effort
was made to take from General Pickett
the privileges given him by the Grant
Lee cartel, and they went to Canada.
There they had no friends, no money
and no prospect of either, with young
child to care for. But her brave nature
never faltored. With that indomitablo
courage which never deserted her, and
aided by her superior education, sho
obtained n profcssorship in bellies lottrcs
and took care of the family until General
Grant insisted that the cartel should be
kept, and they at once returned to their
home. General Grant then rendered
General Pickett the position of Marshal
Of Virginia, but he accepted n position
in an insurance company with a hand
some salary attached. Though all then
seemed bright, the worst sorrow was yet
to come. In few years General Pickett
died and she was left to her own re-
sources. 1t was then that her helpless
condition aroused the South and u sub
scription was started for her. headed
with So, 900 by the State. She firmly
declined to receive this upon hearing Of
it, and shortly afterward secured small
government position, sufficient to sup
port herself and family. Among her
friends and visitors are some of the lead
ing society and official people, whom she
occasionally entertains in O modest but
dipnified WaV
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
a PLAGUE OF SNAILS.

They Are Eating Every Growing Thing in
Center County, Pennsyi, ania.
Q'rom Harrisburg Special to New York sun.)
The entire lower portion of Center
county, Pennsylvania, is at present
plagued by most extraordinary vista
ton of snails or garden slugs. They
come from their hiding places in crevices
under board walks, stones, ETC., only ct
night, and they cover the roads and
walks by the million. In Penn's valley
and Bloomfield and the surrounding
country they have eaten every growing
thing in their path. Some gardens have
been entirely destroyed. A letter from
Penn's valley says that mornings after
warm nights walks and roads are literal
ly covered with the slum these insects
leave in their trails and by bushels of
dead snails that have been crushed by
pedestrians and wagons. Lime, paris
green, salt and other insect destroyers
have been scattered iberally where the
snails travel and feed, but they have had
no effect on them. The singular part
of this plague is that no insects of the
kind were ever known to be in the coun-
try before. Where they came from or
what influences have brought them there
so suddenly and in such immense num-
bcrs is a mystery no one has been able
to solve
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
4 DECIDED NIONSTRuSITY.
"A Very StYangc Being Recently Born il
the Old North State.


A dispatch from Asheville to the
Knoxville Tribune says: Conspicuous
among the freaks of nature il this sec
ton of the State, is that one just re-
ported from the little town of Coopers,
eight miles east of the city on the West
ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa-
ton this morning reached here that at
this place, on yesterday, child with
two heads had been born. Finding the
physician, DR.. II. L. Wilson, who at
tended the mother, he confirmed the
report and gave a full description of the
freak.
The child with two heads, the faces
Icing opposite. The front face is per-
fcctly white, the one at the balk is not
regular. There is only one neck for the
skulls and the hair on the forehead
comes do %n to the eyes. The arms Of
this being are covered with heavy and
shaggy growth of hair, entirely to the
wrists
a number Of people to-day went from
the city to see this monstrosity, and were
astonished at its remarkable peculiari-
ties. Ruth and Havey Lythe, two
reputable and hard working colored
people, are the parents of this strange
being. They live in an humble cabin
close by the Swarre river in the suburbs
of the village.
The child is an unusually large one,
weighing about sixteen pounds, and ap-
parently two feet long. 1t is amost
white and has facial features that are
rather pleasing, whom tho shaggy fore
head ard rear head arc concealed. Its
voice is not that Of the human young,
suggestive Of the lower animals in its
strange unnatural cries. 1t has not
taken nourishment from its mothers
breast, but greedily swallows what is
otherwise given it. The mother appear
attached to this strange creature and
refers to it most endcaring terms.
Numbers of our citizens from the sur
rounding country have to-day visited the
cabin, and gone away in wonder. Al
ready the adaptabilitY of the freak to the
demands of the museum has been freely
discussed and it is said that business
offers have been made and declined.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
Overlooked Women.

For 'worn-out," " rundown, " dcbilila!cd
school teachers, mllincrs, seamstrcsscs.
h"usckccpcrs, and oVcrworkcd women
generally, DIR. Picrccs Favoritc Prcscrip.
ton is the best Of I'll restorative tonics,
1t is not "Curc.all" but admirably ful.
fills singlcncss Of purpose, being a most
potent Specific for all those Chronic Weak.
ncsscs and Diseases peculiar to women. 1t
is a powerful, general as well as uterine,
tonic and ncrvine, and imparts vigor and
strength to tho whole system. 1t promptly
cures weakness of stomach, Indigestion,
blOating, weak back, nervous prostration,
debility and slceplcssncss, in either sex.
Favoritc Prescriptions sold by druggists
under our p0Sttire guarantee. See wrapper
around bottle. Price $1.0O hottie, OF six
bottles for $500.
A large treatise on Diseases Of Women
prOfusGly illustrated with colored platet
and numerous wood. cuts, sent for ten cent,
in stamps. Address, Worlds Medical AS
sociation, GG3 Main street, Buffalo, n. y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
THE VALUE OF TIE OATS CROP,
FACTS AND FIGURES DRAWN FROM
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.

How the Grain FIourisIcs in DIn.rent
| Sections and How IL Is blade n proftalle
Crop.
From the st. Paul, Mimi, Farmcrl
From the results of tho analyses of
l66 samples Of American oats collected
from all parts of tho country, the Dc
partnent Of Agriculture at WASHINGTON
has rendered service much needed.
The results prove much variation of tho
oat grain in its plumpness and relative
proportion of the kernel and the husk
and other physical qualities. The kerne
is found to be in proportion of I to 3 of
the husk-the samples from Western
States contain least husk.
Where the white oats will grow they
are generally heavier, and have larger
proportion of kernel in consequence.
Connecticut oats weigh 1913 lbs. per
bushel, Dakota 1876 lbs, and Colorado
1873 lbs. The average of sorts being
31'2 per bnshel. The Pacific slope 49,
lbs; Northern States 3S; Southern BIB,
which is 2.7 lbs. lower than the average
is for the whole country owing to the
looser husk.
Oats from Washington Territory gave
7G.l per cent. average of kernel. One
sample gave 1928 por cent, and ono
sample from Dakota 55.37; but the
amount of meal from the best varieties
docs not exceed so per cent. of the oat
The warmer temperature of the South
lowers the average weight, and the aver.
age yield is relatively about 10 bushels
per acre in the South against 30 for the
North. This is an item of value very
necessarily to the farmers interest, and
should be taken seriously into considera-
tion.
The relative quality Of oats is money
value, affecting the miller as well as the
farmer. OF the l79 samples analysed,
Is samples from tho Pacific slope were
lower in albuminoids, and richer in fiber
(husk) than the average for the whole
country.
The average composition OF oats was
found to be:
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
Lamar AS Judge.

A Mlississippian said recently to par
ty Of gentlemen in Washington:
Secretary Lamar could never do for
Judge. Why, do you know what hap
pcned to him on a street car the other
day? He came into the car with
French novel under his arm, jammed
himself down in a corner, ran his hand
into his pocket, pulled out fifty cent
piece anu put it into thc box. 1t was q
'bob tail" car, where passengers pay
their own own fare. Then he poked his
nose into his book and began to read.
y lady on the opposite side who had
seen his mistake, called his attention to
it, saying: "Mr. Lamar, you put fifty
cents in tho box" What no did was the
funniest thing L ever heard of. He
pccred into the box minute absent
mindedly, thrust his hand again into his
pocket and pulled out nickel which he
also dropped into the box, as he said:
81 made n mistake! Oh, thank you,
thank you. Guess this will make it ali
right.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

fund, they gave away for no considera-
ton whatever at least $7,056, ,327.50 Of
the peoples money.
So it was that, by paying $1 10000
in bribes, Jacob Sharp intended to save
five aid half millions of money which,
with tho thirteen hundred thousand be-
Sides, ho should rightfully have paid for
the franchise. And, when each of the
sold out the people of New York city to
the amount of $7,000,000 in gross, or
over 1862, 900 year in revenue.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

a NEW MUSICAL PRODIGY of Paris the
child Hoffman, continues to excite the
greatest enthusiasm wherever he appears.
Without considoring him as q modern
Mozart, he has certainly wonderful oxe.
cution, facility, memory, and remark
able ta(cnt for improvisation. Ho lis
tens attentiVely to a melody which he
hocrs for the first time and Immediately,
without moments hesitation or study,
he carries that original theme through a
dozen or more variations, never losing
it, and never giving it moro embellish-
mont than it's rhythm and musical ldeH
can support. Hoffman comes from Vi
emma, and is said to be only nine years.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
She is the Idol of My Heart.

Well, then, why don't you do some
thing to bring back the roses to her
checks and the light to her eyes? Don't
you see she is suffering from nervous
debility, the result of female weakness?
A bottle of DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic
will brighton those pale checks and send
new lite through that wasted form. If
you loye her take heed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

A wife slyly attached pcdomc(cr to hcr
husbands coat when he went out after tea,
''iust to balance his books" The little
meter told Of Is miles on his return. 1t is
a long walk around a billiard table for SC
mary hours.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

GENERAL f. p. ALEXANDER, q we'll
posted man in railroad matters, thinks it
very doubtful whether the Inter: State
Commission will suspend the fourth
clause of the Act after tho 9TH July. He
thinks that instead of e rigid enforce
mont of the long and short haul clause,
tho line ought to be drawn somewhere,
and he indicates the rule which he pre-
fers as follows: ''No rates below cost;
free competition above cost"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

A GROUP OF ANARCHISTS, numbering
ninety men and women, has been discov-
cred at Columbus, o. A blasphemous
secret circulaE issued by the group advo-
Gates arson and murder, and even the
killing Of the wives and children of capi-
talists. The Knights Of, Labor in Co.
lumbus unsparingly denounce the An.
archists. .5eS2Ga
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

A woman may be as true as steel, but
then you know some steel is too highly tenn
pcred
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23
CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS.
TWELVE HISTORIC BANNERS OF
SOUTH CABOLINA'S SOLDIERS.

General Drums Manly Letter to the Sec
retary of War--The Flags from tho Pal-
metto State--The Presidents Final
Action.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

Protests against the pr0nosod rotr,,,,
os the flags have been received Sronr 'ttt 4ha "a
Governor of Wisconsin, the Govarno,.. ,r -. .nS sc
Kansas, the Governor of Iowa, and . So, ~
many other prominent men at the North %
and the West. 1 - '''o Nortn
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-23

How the Grain FIourishcs in Different
Sections and How il is blade ~ Profitable